• Publisher: Morfem
• 32 pages
• Author: Vesna Radovanovič
• Ilustrator: Daša Simčič
• Original title: Tri zlata jabolka

In the story Three Golden Apples, Vesna Radovanovič skilfully introduces familiar motives from the legend of St Nicholas, his attributes (objects with symbolic meaning) and the importance of celebrating his day. The poetically written story includes interesting old expressions, which the author uses to make it sound like a folk story. The author also decided to use the third-person narrative and linear time, while merely mentioning the literary space. The folk number three (three daughters, three golden apples, three different professions) is emphasised, and the story is brought to a happy ending with a miracale that takes place on St Nicholas Day.

About the author

Vesna Radovanovič

Vesna Radovanovič (1962) attended primary and secondary school in Murska Sobota. In 1985 she graduated from the Academy of Education in Ljubljana. She lives in Murska Sobota, works in the youth department of the Regional and Study Library, and is also involved in storytelling for children and adults. Her first book, “When did you die” (“Kdaj ste umrli?”), was published in the framework of the youth writers' meeting The eye of the word (Oko besede), which she is actively involved in organising. She is involved in the local media, presenting books and youth literary projects. She has created a collection of sound recordings - bedtime stories with more than 1000 items on Radio Murski val. Feri Lainšček's thoughts, in her interpretation, have been published on CD in both the literary language and Prekmurje languages. For more than fifteen years, she was the children's and youth literature editor at the Franc-Franc publishing house. She has been awarded the Čop Award, the Slovenian Section of IBBY Award and the Murska Sobota Municipality Award for Cultural Achievement.

About the illustrator

Daša Simčič

Daša Simčič is a painter who graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana in 1992 under the guidance of Professor Janez Bernik, and after her studies she worked on drawing and designing puppets in Silvo Omerzu's group. She mainly works on illustration in children's books and magazines. For her illustrations, a visual poetic narrative alongside the text, she usually uses watercolours, simple drawing, and reduction in expression, which emphasises the lightness.